Building a framework for child-centred disaster risk management in Europe
What might child-centred disaster risk management (DRM) planning look like? We argue that this would certainly involve a cultural shift within what is a highly adult-centric and often militaristic milieu, towards recognition of the value of young people's experience and expertise. To examine wh...
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| Tipo de recurso: | capítulo de libro |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) |
| Repositorio: | O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/153175 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10609/153175 https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447354437.ch004 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | disaster planning and management disaster response and coordination children's participation participatory research disaster risk reduction sendai framewok CUIDAR resilience participation citizenship |
| Sumario: | What might child-centred disaster risk management (DRM) planning look like? We argue that this would certainly involve a cultural shift within what is a highly adult-centric and often militaristic milieu, towards recognition of the value of young people's experience and expertise. To examine what this shift involves, we work with two versions of ‘culture’. The first entails regarding children themselves as a cultural group, by virtue of being disenfranchised from DRM matters, which in turn gives children a particular perspective on risk and disaster. Second, and as we saw from Chapter 1, ‘childhood’ itself is often universalised, yet children embody all the cultural differences and diversity found in society as a whole. To help promote culturally sensitive disaster planning, particularly in a changing and increasingly diverse Europe, we have developed a resource to assist decision-makers and practitioners in disaster management work in a more child-friendly way. This Framework draws directly on what we have learned from the children and young people participating in the CUIDAR project (see Figure 4.1). It draws on what they told us they needed to become resilient; how ‘adultist’ plans should change, and how authorities and practitioners within DRM need to listen strategically to benefit from the contributions of children and young people. This Framework acts to combine evidence, reflection and recommendations to support policy-makers and practitioners who are not used to working with children and young people, to build childcentred disaster management plans. It also serves as a communication tool to help decision-makers and practitioners understand how to take account of children and young people's needs and capacities in this field. |
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